episode_0133

“Ugh!”

I twisted my body and somehow managed to get out of the sword’s range.

Squeak!

The tip of the sword caught my shoulder and my clothes were torn and scratched. Not only was it a faster and more accurate attack than before, but it also read my avoidance route and stabbed me.

I quickly distanced myself and screamed. A situation where I shouted loudly with all my energy.

“Ugh! The disciple of the fortuneteller kills people!!”

“It’s useless. Because there are rules here.”

As I followed Changmin’s gaze, a stone tower that I had not seen before caught my eye. As I looked around without losing sight of Changmin, various stone towers caught my eye.

Maybe it’s a higher order technique that I can’t catch with my senses.

Although I climbed the mountain for an hour using Gyeonggong, when I became an expert in Hyeongyeong, I could hear the sounds made using my Gong from this distance. No, in fact, whether or not the actual police officer could hear the sound from this distance was something I also couldn’t know.

Or, someone nearby may hear this sound and someone else may come and reveal the gap.

I yelled at Changmin to shake him up, but seeing him not budge made it very likely that there was a real situation going on here.

Should we exclude outside help? While he was making that decision, Changmin moved his toes.

“Have you finished struggling?”

The moment I felt that Changmin’s center of gravity was lowering, I quickly put my hand in my arms and threw the rain sword.

Shhh!

“Useless-”

Lee Hwan Bido was aimed at Changmin’s upper and lower body, but he narrowed the distance without paying any attention to Bido.

Taaang!!

Before Bido could change into splitting into upper and lower body, he was shot down with a single sword. I had expected to clear the sword with two sword strikes, but hastily changed the sword attack from offensive to defensive.

“-Residual talent.”

Sigh!

Jeomchangpa’s sword was not simply fast. The deep thrust that launches the body is fast and heavy at the same time. The experience transmitted through the sword makes your arms vibrate and even shakes your body.

As soon as I felt the defense ceremony I had hastily unfolded was losing strength, I urgently laid my body back. An attack that barely passes over the lying upper body. Just before I fell, I barely touched the floor and pulled my body back to regain my balance.

If I had pulled myself out like this before coming to Jeomchangpa, I would have immediately rolled on the floor miserably. Is it perhaps an achievement of training to restore one’s extremely downward center of gravity with a single movement of picking up the ground?

If he had rolled on the ground, he would have been skewered by Changmin’s sword that was stabbing him again.

I unfolded Ilhwisamgeom’s Chosik as a lecture.

Whoops!

Changmin’s sword pierced the air above his shoulder. The properly unfolded river hit the side of Changmin’s sword, which was coming in with a happy spirit, and the sword path was ruined.

I tried to counterattack with the second chosik of Ilhwi Samgeom through the skill of kwae, but Changmin’s next attack was faster than my lazy inner attack. The empty left hand was reaching towards my heart like a flash.

Jeomchang’s four-point sword method was extremely aggressive, using his body like an arrow, so he had enough martial arts skills to resolve the current close combat situation.

I also urgently raised my left arm and blocked the path of Changmin’s attack.

Wow!!

The entire left upper body was shocked and pushed back by the heavy armor. I kept taking a step back and relieving the career that had become embedded in my body. Even though I defended myself with my arms, I coughed a bit as if my lungs had been shocked.

This won’t work. The level difference is clear.

Lee Hwan-bido was intensively refined during the period when he studied with Dang Do-gyeong and Dang Do-yeon at the governor’s residence. Considering the fact that you can’t keep a few blades in your arms, wouldn’t it be said to be a special move?

There is no chance of winning if you fight head on. Should I try to escape? With that in mind, I was watching Changmin’s next move, and when he looked at me, he frowned faintly.

“Of course it’s not you.”

“…what is it.”

“You are not a vessel capable of providing enlightenment to Sister Yeo Il-ye or Master Ungyeong.”

Although I was a little moved by the look in Changmin’s eyes, it was to my advantage to start talking right away. Because I still needed time to recover from the damage my career had done.

“Why are you so sure? Have you found any reason that I cannot enlighten you?”

“You are not unmanned.”

Changmin declared. The confidence in those eyes was enough to make me stop.

“I didn’t think you were the kind of person who could give enlightenment to your sister and Zen Master, but there was still something uneasy about you. When we trained together for a few days, you worked really hard. I still had the delusion that perhaps I had seen the wrong person.”

Changmin’s vitality swelled to the point where it was suffocating. His life up until now has been unusual, but if he had left any room for it, he has now completely shaken off even those lingering regrets.

“Of course, if you are a warrior, you have to steel yourself to give even one sword at the end. Even at the last moment, you are trying to escape.”

So now I can kill without hesitation.

As Changmin mumbled, his posture changed. Lean your upper body back and at the same time lower the center of your body. The number of Gungsin Tanyeong, which is a secret season of the Jeomchang school and at the same time refers to the state of divine law.

The high-speed sword, which I had already found difficult to respond to, was fired at me even faster.

*** ***

“Is it okay?”

Hyeok Kirin blurted out words as he watched the black cat ahead of him. A black cat, humming a song with a bag of fried rice larger than its own body slung over its shoulder, answered the call.

“It’s okay! If you hand it out to children, it will run out quickly. Actually, wouldn’t this amount be enough?”

“Haha… fried rice is enough.”

Hyuk Kirin remembered the faces of children eating fried rice with subtle expressions and smiled bitterly.

“Hmm. Are you worried about your senior?”

“Well…the monks probably arranged everything well.”

“I think what Master Unjong said is correct.”

“I think so too, but…”

Hyeok Kirin also recalled the conversation he had with Master Unjong with Black Cat last night.

“Still, I’m a little worried because it’s such a dangerous operation.”

Black Cat also remembered Master Unjong, who had visited and talked to him yesterday.

[From what I can see, Ronin Dou has never truly been at the crossroads of life and death.]

Black Cat also remembered Master Unjong, who had visited and talked to him yesterday. Master Unjong’s story was definitely unconventional. A person who has spent his entire life as a ronin has never been at a crossroads between life and death. Even though it was said by a police officer, it was a remark that could have been felt as absurd.

And the black cat thought about that statement carefully and… agreed.

[It can happen. Senior… well, I can’t picture him being cornered.]

The black cat judged calmly. Even though it may seem like a life-threatening situation to others, is it really the same for Ho Cheon-an? First of all, Ho Cheon-an’s ability to improvise was truly unrivaled. Even if you leave out all the little details, there was a lot to say.

It wasn’t enough that he escaped safely from the hands of Yeo Il-ye, who couldn’t help but crush him whenever he saw a ronin, and became his benefactor, turned the crazy dog Dang Do-gyeong into a human, and got stabbed in the back while on a summer vacation. The enemies of Yeoga Lodge, who had been operating in secret for 15 years, were all destroyed in one week.

This performance makes you wonder if this is a person!

Black Cat, who had been by his side for most of the journey, was well aware that most of Hocheonan’s plans were made on the spot or concluded without much thought.

Would such a person have been forced into a desperate situation where all means had been cut off and he could not escape unless he resorted to a sword and risked his life to kill or subdue the person in front of him?

I have a knack for finding a way out in an instant, so I wonder if I’ve ever been in a situation like that.

‘Probably not. And there will never be another chance like that in the future.’

As Hyuk Kirin worried, this job will be very dangerous. If you give Hocheonan room, he will somehow dig in and create a way out. A clumsy play wouldn’t have been enough to fool Ho Cheon-an, so an incident that could have resulted in someone’s death if even the slightest mistake was unfolding was unfolding.

“It may be dangerous. I can not help it. Of course, if you are an unmanned person, you have to climb over the wall.”

“…I guess so.”

Hyuk Kirin also nodded silently. Even if it was a black cat with a heart full of love for Ho Cheon-an or a kind-hearted Hyeok Kirin, they were also warriors.

Toothless. The word ‘muchi’ is used as a compliment to an unmanned person. Because only those who are crazy about martial arts and blind to martial arts can leap to a higher level.

Ho Cheon-an needed to go crazy.

And for a person to go crazy and become immersed in martial arts, there was nothing like martial arts performed at the crossroads of life and death.

“I suggest you clear your head and immerse yourself in martial arts. Senior.”

The black cat muttered that while thinking of Ho Cheon-an.

*** ***

“Ha, ha…”

Die.

This really kills me.

Slosh.

There was a hole in my right thigh. When the first gunshot shot came in, I was surprised by its speed and honestly dodged it, and Changmin lightly changed his sword and pierced my thigh.

After that, I frantically swung the sword without even trying to stop the bleeding, so much blood that I could feel my shoes filling up with blood.

It was difficult to breathe.

Even though he used the defensive formula, his control was a mess, so he was unable to completely relieve the force from Changmin’s sword, causing accumulated damage to his body. It was painful to breathe and I felt like vomiting right away, but I somehow suppressed the rising vomiting.

A vivid picture of death came to mind.

Even if I gave up my arm, I would have had a chance to escape if I had kept my leg somehow. No, this is a useless idea. Changmin, who must kill me right here, must have broken my leg somehow.

Maybe I should have been prepared to accept something, even if it meant giving up my leg.

Changmin’s sword stabbed in succession. As if he wasn’t going to give me a chance, he pushed me forward with a normal stabbing sword.

My legs stopped working and my arms lost strength. My wrist was badly bent and Changmin’s sword grazed the back of my neck.

Please move.

Please hold on just a little longer.

All thoughts flew out of my head. No, just one thought filled my mind. I want to live.

I saw a sword move slowly aiming for my heart. But my body was slower than the sword. My arms, which had already exchanged numerous movements with Changmin, had reached their limit. Even though I tried desperately to give orders, it was clear that my sword would not be able to block Changmin’s sword if things continued like this.

So I focused. Changmin’s murderous eyes and the state of his body that wants to vomit. I even forgot about my leg, which was constantly complaining of pain.

There was only one way to block Changmin’s sword in time, so I forgot everything to implement it.

I only focused on moving energy.

I felt resistance in the fast-moving energy flow. The lumps that normally moved around in the blood vessels immediately turned into obstacles as the flow of energy accelerated. The energy had to move freely through the energy flow.

Sometimes fast and sometimes slow. The machine, which was supposed to change its speed and path freely without any resistance, was interrupted by lumps at every moment, even when it stopped.

please. a little. Get out of here.

I ignored the lumps and poured out my energy. My body screamed from the harsh energy pouring out. I didn’t know if my air vessels would be damaged or my blood vessels would burst, but I was in danger of dying right away, so there was no time to consider other things.

Kagak!!

He barely deflected Changmin’s sword. Changmin’s sword scraped past his shoulder. It was a deep cut that caused blood to spurt into the air, but my instincts told me that it was not an injury that would prevent me from swinging my sword right away.

I didn’t even have time to feel the pain. My legs became as heavy as a thousand pounds and I couldn’t get my body out of Changmin’s range.

He had to move faster in order to retrieve the sword that had bounced out of his body without being able to win. Because my legs were having more and more difficulty supporting my body, my posture became more and more unstable, and I had to swing my sword faster and harder to receive Changmin’s stabs from this more unstable position.

I desperately tried to move my energy in a slow world. I had to swing the sword faster and stronger, but the lumps in my veins kept holding me back. As I flexed my strength even more and managed to control the speed of the sword, blood came out from inside.

My body was in shock and I was moving my energy violently, so my body couldn’t handle it.

Suddenly, I burst out laughing.

Damn lumps. I should have taken action a long time ago, but what have I been doing all this time? Elixir? Soju Hwaryun method? That wasn’t the solution I found. It was just a solution that Dok-ui found.

If I had a real desire to move forward as a martial artist, I should have found a way to overcome these lumps and control my energy.

I rely on the Soju Hwaryun method given by Dok-ui. In Sichuan Province, he listened to Hyeok Kirin’s classes, hoping that Hyuk Kirin would find a solution for this, and when he came to the Jumchang School, he relied on the Zen masters of the Flower Sutra.

Only now did I realize how uncomfortable I felt when the situation changed from receiving teachings from Hyeok Kirin to receiving teachings from Zen masters of Hwagyeong.

After all, I knew.

That I didn’t try to overcome the problem on my own. You may have said that your goal was to reach climax, but what is the reality?

How did I act even though I knew that the peak state was the state of enlightenment?

Didn’t I just think that the problem of mixed blood that I had was a ploy by the goddamn reincarnation truck and hope that someone else would solve it?

I wasn’t looking at myself properly. I thought it was unfair that I had to spend time and effort solving my own problems caused by my body type. So I just ignored it and repeated the training as others did.

Because I don’t want to see a guy with mixed blood. Because I didn’t want to invest time and worry again after going through so much trouble just because of a guy with mixed blood. If I just take the elixir, this damn bastard will be finished. We have been ignoring the problem by making our own conclusions.

And the result was this.

At the crossroads between life and death, I was paying the price for not overcoming myself and ignoring myself.